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,,,,~^*%@@ ok at this point i am ready to believe.  @@%*^~,,,,
,,,,,~^*%@ it would be so easy to let go and start  @%*^~,,,,,
,,,,,,~^*% to take in water. the boat would be      %*^~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~^* submerged in minutes, a small list at    *^~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~^ first but once enough sea has poured     ^~,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ in, it would be quick. the boat on its   ~,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, way to the bottom. rope and bins         ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,~ floating.                                ~,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,~^* anyway - i'm fairly certain that the     *^~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~^*% spots move. they're insects or           %*^~,,,,,,
,,,,,~^*%@ something. when i'm not looking, they    @%*^~,,,,,
,,,,~^*%@@ shift, they crawl, they grow and         @@%*^~,,,,
,,,~^*%@@# shrink. they congregate                  #@@%*^~,,,
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,,,~^*%@@# (i'm thinking, i should get a tattoo     #@@%*^~,,,
,,,,~^*%@@ gun, draw circles around them. to show   @@%*^~,,,,
,,,,,~^*%@ that they do indeed migrate across the   @%*^~,,,,,
,,,,,,~^*% skin. (or, the circles would trap them,  %*^~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~^* like salt))                              *^~,,,,,,,
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